VIETNAM TODAY

As the two nations commemorate the success of the last 15 years, let's take a look back at the relations and what they have become.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine.

The World Bank said it committed $72.2 billion in fiscal year 2010, an unprecedented level of assistance for developing countries.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung pressed the button for the construction of a 600 MW thermal-power plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Unpleasant images of tourists being scammed on the streets of Hanoi have resurfaced, causing anger to the public.

A fuel truck exploded and set fire to a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing more than 230 people, officials said.

Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem recently agreed to financially assist the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) to host the ASEAN BIS 2010.

Vietnam’s policy and its achievements in promoting gender equality and raising women’s role and position were highly valued by Australia and New Zealand.

Vietnam and the US plan to collaborate in preventing the trafficking of nuclear and radioactive material.

Vietnam and China have emphasised the need to set up a hotline between senior leaders of the two nations to handle issues of major concern.

Some suggested that the traffic issue in HCMC could be resolved if the authorities were to curb the use of motorbikes.

The European Union has decided to end its imposition of anti-dumping duties on Vietnam’s bicycles exported to EU countries as from July 2010.

A Taiwanese supertanker began skimming oil from the Gulf of Mexico  as the months-long disaster became the worst accidental spill on record.

The country’s gross domestic product is likely to reach 6.5-6.8 percent this year, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vinashin Group is expecting to have its business organisation and financial investments restructured for stability.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group sent an urgent dispatch July 1 to electricity companies, instructing them to stop cutting off power to localities immediately.

Nearly 17,000 cherry trees will be planted around Tuyen Lam Lake in the Central Highlands resort city of Da Lat by the end of this year.

Vietnam’s biogas project has been presented with the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy at a ceremony at the UK Royal Geographical Society.

An ant hill shaped in resemblance of Buddha has caught the eye of many locals in Binh Duong Province.